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Author: Paulin Huggett PEARCEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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Alexander the Great, a New Play [in Three Acts and in Verse]: and a Treatise on Swimming, Etc
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Author: Paulin Huggett PEARCEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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The Alexander Romance in Persia and the East
Author: Richard StonemanPublisher: Barkhuis
ISBN: 9491431048
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
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Alexander the Great of Macedon was no stranger to controversy in his own time. Conqueror of the Greek states, of Egypt and of the Persian Empire as well as many of the principalities of the Indus Valley, he nevertheless became revered as well as vilified. Was he simply a destroyer of the ancient civilizations and religions of these regions, or was he a hero of the Persian dynasties and of Islam? The conflicting views that were taken of him in the Middle East in his own time and the centuries that followed are still reflected in the tensions that exist between east and west today. The story of Alexander became the subject of legend in the medieval west, but was perhaps even more pervasive in the east. The Alexander Romance was translated into Syriac in the sixth century and may have become current in Persia as early as the third century AD. From these beginnings it reached into the Persian national epic, the Shahnameh, into Jewish traditions, and into the Quran and subsequent Arab romance. The papers in this volume all have the aim of deepening our understanding of this complex development. If we can understand better why Alexander is such an important figure in both east and west, we shall be a little closer to understanding what unites two often antipathetic worlds. This volume collects the papers delivered at the conference of the same title held at the University of Exeter from July 26-29 2010. More than half the papers were by invited speakers and were designed to provide a systematic view of the subject; the remainder were selected for their ability to carry research forward in an integrated way.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: King Darius of Persia, a New Play [in Four Acts and in Verse]: and a Treatise on Swimming, Etc
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Author: Paulin Huggett PEARCEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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General catalogue of printed books
Author: British museum. Dept. of printed booksPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 464
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King Richard I., Cœur de Lion: a New Play [in Verse]: and a Treatise on Swimming, Etc
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Author: Paulin Huggett PEARCEPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 32
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General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1955
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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The New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: Volume 2, 1660-1800
Author: George WatsonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521079341
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 1698
Book Description
More than fifty specialists have contributed to this new edition of volume 2 of The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. The design of the original work has established itself so firmly as a workable solution to the immense problems of analysis, articulation and coordination that it has been retained in all its essentials for the new edition. The task of the new contributors has been to revise and integrate the lists of 1940 and 1957, to add materials of the following decade, to correct and refine the bibliographical details already available, and to re-shape the whole according to a new series of conventions devised to give greater clarity and consistency to the entries.
Arrian's History of the Expedition of Alexander the Great, and Conquest of Persia
Author: ArrianJohnson's Universal Cyclopaedia
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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